Portrait of Count Scipio

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-129
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of Count Scipio
Date of creation: 1872
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 25 x 20

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime: 1828–1889
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.

Object description

Against a blue background, there is a waist-length depiction of a boy with fluffy dark hair. He is slightly turned with his body to the left. He gazes straight ahead. The boy is dressed in a dark grey blouse with a greenish trim and four greenish buttons. Around his neck is a small white collar tied with a green bow tie.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right, there is the artist's signature in pencil: "F. Tepa / 1872". Below is the artist's signature in pencil: "Scipio". Label: "Galerya Narodowa m. Lwowa, Nr 300 / III Tepa Franciszek Port. hr Scipio wys. 25 cm. szer. 20 cm dlug. cm Technika: Da M. Foepfera". On the bottom left, there is an inscription in pencil: "Г-І-129".

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